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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
WATERLOO.

The low stage of water in lakes and
ponds in this section makes duck-hunt-
ing the most unsatisfactory of sports. even
old hunters being unable to get more
than bird or two
lnte''i~nrce reaches us of the death of
Charles Giddings, who was proprietor of
a barber shop here for several months.
He died in Kansas, of consumption
whittier he had gone in search of health.
T. S. Hayhurst and L. g. Shepard, of
York, started Wednesday morning for
Sault de St. Marie, with an eve to invest
ment in real estate
A 3-months-old Clydesdale colt was ex-
hibited on the streets here Monday by A .
ID. Rice, which is claimed to be the heav-
lest colt of its age in the state. It's exact
weight is 500 pounds.
While putting up windmill frame on
the farm of F. H. KnowIton, two young
men-Orie KnowltoU and the hired man
had their hands drawn under the pull
ley-block, breaking the third finger of the
right hand and mangling two others of
the latter, while the former suffered the
loss of finger nail -Jomnal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

There are 100000, 900 invested in
the watch industry in this country.
The canning and evaporating busi-
ness is rapidly extending in the South.
The eggs of a single sturgeon,
counted by Frank Buckland, numbered
921, 600 and weighed forty-fve pounds.
-Arkansaw Traveller.
"A French psychologist has been
endeavoring by experiment to gain
light as to the effect of baths upon the
system. He finds that cold baths in-A
crease the demand of the system for
oxygen, and so affect the action of the
lungs as to double or treble the quantity
of air passing through them in given
time.-M. Y Ledger.
"A novel aid to instantaneous photog-
raphy has been devised by two Berlin
chemists. 1t consists of an explosive
powder made of pulverized magnesium,
ehlorate of potash and sulphide of anti
mony. When this is ignited it will
illuminate the darkest room with q
flash lasting only one-fortieth of
second, but long enough to obtain a
photograph of person or object in the
apartment.
Salt brine is used in Sheffield, Eng,
for hardening steel, says an exchange.
The mixture improves with age and
use, and to such an extent that it's value
is largely increased. In some cases
these tanks are fifty years old, and
have value in proportion to their age,
1t appears that the constant dipping OF
the hot metal into the same solution al
ters in some way its character. Frank
Leslie's Newspaper.
The manufacture of rubies has
lately reached such perfection that the
artificial product is often more valua-
BILE than the natural stone. The pro-
cess employed is that of M. Frenzy,
who described it to the Paris Academy
of Science. Discarding method dis
covered by him some years ago, he
now dissolves alumnia in fuoride Of
calcium, and obtains red crystals of
alumina, or perfect rubies, which may
be made of large size. e.-FrGtsb LesIie's s
newspaper.
Starting on DR.. Dawson's assump-
ton that one foot of coal represents
fifty generations of coal plants, and
that each generation took ten years to
mature-a very moderate assumption
and taking the actually measured thick
ness of the coal measures in some To-
calities at $4,000 feet, Prof. Huxley cab
culates that the time represented by
the coal formation alone would be
10000 900 years--sufficient to show that
when we come to deal with geological
time the unit of measurement is l, ,OOO,-
900 years. +.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
FORT ATKINSON.

DIED.-In this city, Sunday, Sept. 4,
MIR. Wright, aged 80 years, at the home
of bis son, J. B. Wright, 90 Maple street.
Saturday, Sept. 8, Ray Henry Touton,
of brain fever, aged four months and five
days.
At the home of her son, John Touton,
in this city, Monday, Sept 5, of Bright's
disease, Christina Touton, wife of Lewis
Touton, aged II years.
Lieut.. Percy Werlich, U. S. N, and
wife were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Cole Tuesday.
Hon. L. B. Caswell and sister, Mrs.
Stephen Richard, were called into Mil
waukee Saturday to see the little daugh-
ter, Alice, of Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Baldwin,
who died at | P. M. that day of scarlet
fever
TIE celebrated George J. Greene note
suit, which was remanded back to the
circuit court, by the supreme court, for a
new trial, came off this week at Jefferson.
The jury were out Tuesday only about
ten minutes, and returned with a second
verdict for Mr.. Greene. The note was
secured from Mr.. Greene by the noted
paint swindlers who went through this
region several years ago. Hon. L. B.
Caswell was the attorney for Mr.. Greene,
and w. FL. Rogers for the plaintiff
Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14

"A curious effect of the earthquake
in the north of Italy and south of
France has recently come to the atten-
ton of medical circles in Paris. A
telegraph operator, who was sending a
message at the time of one of the more
severe shocks, lost his consciousness
and remained insensible for ten min
utes. On recovery he did not expert
ence any great suffering. but in the
course of two months symptoms of
paralysis of the arm and face began to
manifest themselves, and his condition
has now become quite serious. 1t is
supposed that he received a powerful
shock of earthquake electricity
N. Y. Ledger.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
eDlar 21eiohbors.
LAKE MILLS.

The prospects are good for tive steamers
running on Rock lake next summer
Frank Millard sold bis 3-year-old colt
last week to Lancaster party for $3.50.
For some time past the pastor of the
congregational church has been arrang-
ing tor y. VI. Heckendorn of Milwaukee,
to spend few days in evangelistic work
in Lake Mills.
The Lake Mills Blues went 10 Water
loo last Friday to play the club of that
place Rain interfered with the playing
of the fifth, with the score 7 to 8 in favor
of Lake Mills. The boys were assisted
by Lynn Mills and Waterloo was strength
ened by Broughton & Gilman, of Evans
ville.-Ledder.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
DR.. H. KLEIN,
VETERINARY SURGEON
GRADUATE OF THE VETERINARY COLLEGE,
BERLIN, GERMANY.
Office at the BUENA VISTA HOUSE
WATERFOWL, WIS.
WATERFOWL, WIS.

u n. u E. A. BARB Err,
Physicians and Surgeons. Office, Noack' sblock
I'd floor, corner Main and I'd streets. Office
hours from to II 4. NJ.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14

Last spring two wrens began
housekeeping in the lattice work of the
porch of N. w. Dutton, of Lewiston,
Me. They were made welcome and so
well treated that other wrens came
there to live also. There are now over
twenty in the little colony. The other
day cat appeared in the yard, where
upon the wrens set up a great chatter
ing. Mrs. Dutton went out to see
what was the matter, and when she APP
peared the birds flew to her and
perched on her head and shoulders and
arms, apparently knowing that she
would protect them from their enemy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14

HERE'S ANOTHER. TOLEDO, O., Sept.
6-Philip Smith, Democratic treasurer of
Ottawa county, was to have turned over
bis office yesterday to Washington Cor
don, his successor. Rumors that every
thing was not right led to an investiga-
ton, and the result was that Smiths
bondsmen met and made up deficiency
of $4,000 which appears on the books.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14

The editor of a London society
paper says that he criticises American
women severely because his paper is
gotten up for English women, who
are very jealous of the prominence
given to American ladies in London
society.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14

A CITY OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. DE
troit, Mich, is noted for its healthy,
handsome ladies, which the leading ply
sicians and druggists there attribute to
the general use and popularity of DR..
Harter's Iron Tonic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14

Irritable temper, moroseness and des-
pondency, dyspepsia, constipation, piles
and debility are commonly due to NOR
bid liver. These ailments are readily re-
moved and cured by Simmons Liver Reg
ulator-a purely vegetable tonic, cathartic
and Alternative.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14

When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
W. G.. SPALDING

Physician and Surgeonand Examing Surgeon
for Pensions Office over Bank of Watertown
building, up stairs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
LIFE ON THE MOON.
The Likelihood That the Satellite Was
Once Inhabited by Men.

The Likelihood That the Satellite Was
Once Inhabited by Men.
There is reason for thinking that
the moon is not absolutely airless,
and, while it has no visible body of
water, its soil may, after all, not be
entirely arid and desiccated. These
are observations which hint at visible
changes in certain spots that could
possibly be caused by vegetation, and,
there are other observations which
suggest the display of electric lumin-
osity in a rarefied atmosphere cover
ing the moon. To declare that no pos
sible form of life can exist under the
conditions prevailing upon the lunar
surface would be saying to much, for
human intelligence can not set bounds
to creative power Yet, within the
limits of life such as we know them,
it is probably safe to assert that the
moon is a dead and de-
serted world. In other words,
if a race of beings resembling
ourselves, or resembling any of our
contemporaries terrestrial life, ever ex-
listed upon the moon. they must long
since have perished. That such beings
may have existed is possible, particu-
larlv if it is true, as generally be-
lieted, that the moon once had COM
paratively dense atmosphere and
water upon its surface, which have
now, in the process of cooling of the
lunar globe, being withdrawn into it's
interior. 1t certainly does not detract
from the interest with which we study
the rugged and beautiful scenery of
the moon to reflect that if we could
visit those ancient sea-bottoms, or ex-
plore those glittering mountains, we
might, perchance, find there some re-
mains or mementoes of a race that
fourished, and perhaps was all gath
cred again to its fathers, before man
appeared upon the earth. Garrett p
Serviss, in Popular Science Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-14
Rdtes of ADVERTISING.
RAILROAD DIRECTORY.

Time given in this directory is Goth meridian
me known as Central Standard Time"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07

Nelson's Divorce Case,

Last evenings Democrat Gazette has
the following concerning the divorce pro-
ceedings in the Scott county district
court of Lizzie L. VS. Harvey E, Nelson
the parties having formerly lived in this
city, where the defendant was a well
known hackman.
Today the suit Of Lizzie L Nelson VS.
Harvey E. Nelson, for divorce, was tried
to court and decree granted the plaintiff,
she to have the custody OF their minor
child, Jas H Nelson and 81 900 perma
nent alImony. She stated in her petition
that Mr. Nelson and herself were mar
ried in Davenport April %. 1885. and
that after their marriage her husband de
serted her and the child, and refused to
maintain them; that he had been fire.
quently found guilty of adultery, and
lived with certain woman IN Chicago
for period of nine months; and that on
the 2d day of August 1887 in the city of
Rock Island, Nelson escaped arrest while
in the company of the notorious Maud
Terry
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07
CONDENSED NEWS.

The failei Enterprise Brewing company,
of Philadelphia. owes 500, 0u0, with assets
less than $1,000
The tug Orient, of Fair Haven, Mich,
foundered Wednesday in Lake Erie, her crew
of six men being drowned
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Man
ming is reported i'll again and confined to his
room at the Fifth Avenue hotel
In the third race at Latonia Thursday the
well-known race-horse Revoke fell, broke his
back, and had to be destroyed. The jockey,
Watson, was badly injured
The United States district.court for West
Virginia has given decision that payment
for land in Confederate money was no pay
ment al all because the money was illegal
The Hon. Washington Mclean, of Cmcin-
natl, has offered 10 donate piece of proper
ty, valued at $40, 90, which he owns III Rich
mona, Va for the site Of the Robert E. Lee
monument
airs, Alamazcn Clark, formerly of Gales
burg, His. committed suicide thursday by
shooting at New Have Conn Grief at her
husbands death, followed by dementia, i'm
PEELED her to the desperate act
Officers of tn, Peabody education fund
trustees were reelected, aud Mayor Courte-
nay, OF Charleston $ e, was chosen a mem
ber, vice Governor William Aiken, deceased,
at the meetmg held al New York Thursday.
The sixteenth annual convention OF the
Ioaa Suffrage society was opened Thursday
afternoon at Dies MONIES. Addresses were
made by Mrs Margaret Campbell, the Rev.
Ida G Hnlien and the Rev Louis A Banks,
oj Boston.
The grand jury Of Kane county, illinois,
reported to Judge Wilson, at GeneNa, hurs-
day, that SieIIfi Kelly hAs been taedmg the
prisoners on tarnred ucat The affair has
caused ii SENSATION, and the supervisors viii
Ins esttg4ie the matter.
Mike OShea and James Delaney, brother
and cousin respectively of Patrick OShea,
who died Tuesday at the Joliet penitentiary,
were killed at O,naha, Neb., by a train,
while returning from their friends funeral
They were racing horses at the time.
Ephraim Howe's distilsry at New York
was destroyed 10y fire Thursday morning, the
l'Ns reaching $4,000 The greatest excite
mant prevailed among the occupants Of a
hotel aud tenement adjoining the blazing
huil'ing, but no person was injured
The Burlington t"wa Roller-mis have
been rechartered and under the name Of the
Iowa Rolling -mill have passed under the
control Of Youngstown Ohio capitalists
who Will start the works III a week. Theo-
dore Guelich Is president Of the new com
pauy.
Nmcenzio Julanu, an Italian murderer
locked Mp in the Newark jail, Is not lost to
humane feeling, since it has been discovered
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07

The latter part of next week and the
first of the week following the Illinois
State Baptisls hold their annual meeting
in Rock Island On Thursday evening.
October IA, there will be q pastoral
union; on Friday the state Sunday school
convention assemblies, and on Saturday
night the state general association con-
venes, and will be in session until Tues
day evening of the following week.
Presiding Elder P. A. Cool, of the Rock
Island NJ. E. district, has announced the
dates of the first quarterly meetings and
conference in this district The Ninth
street church in this city will have its
quarterly sacrament service December 49,;
its quarterly conference, December 81.
The First church will have its quarterly
sacrament service. December 25; its quar-
teEly conference, December p. At both
churches these particular services will be
held in the evenings at O'Clock
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07
a General lk,rnefiI

Il want to 90 10 Quincy it / can said
DR.. X. L.. Chase, ITO attend thai water
way convention. regard it as u great
enterprise that will materially benefit tiIe
west. We need water way to hold the
"a lways in check and keep rates at
minimum. Ii 1t were not for the Erie
canal, the New York Central would die
tate TO the mercantile interests of New
York. In the winter of course they can
put up the rates, but when The canals
open they are bound to come down. 1t
is the old Hennepin reject reyamped but
if successfully carried out IL will give us
magnificent water way from the
Mississippi TO the Atlantic seaboard and
our commercial interests will be greatly
enhanced. There is M doubt that one
OF the prime objects of the movement is
the drainage of the Chicago river, and
for that reason many refuse to support
it, claiming that it is setishness on the
part of Chicago that prompts it But
what ii it does benefit Chicago, as long
rs 1t benefits us a reat deal more? We
need water way the worst kind, and ]
sincerely hope the measure will carry
-Des Moines NeioS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07

The Chicago Herald speaking If the
efforts of the committee Of that city to
raise funds to entertain the presidential
party, says:
President r. r. Gable, of the Rock
Island road, Is the only red hot demo-
cratic railroad president in the city When
the committee selected to raise funds for
entertaining President and Mrs Cleveland
started out to raise S25, 900 which was
set down rs necessary, they made at once
for the Rock Island general offices. They
expected to get 81 900 apiece from all
the big roads, anyway. From the only
Jackson enthusiast among the railroad
magnates, who, besides being the head of
a great line, was himself millionaire,
the committee thought perhaps to get
81. 600 When they climbed up one flight
of stairs and had introduced themselves
amiably, Cable knocked the whole COM
mittee into confusion by announcing
without circumlOcution that he'd not give
O cent and didn't know whether or not
he'd vote for Cleveland again if he ran
The committee backed out as gracefully
as it could in high state of Indignation.
1t was not until after the Chicago &
Northwestern had subscribed 81, 100; the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, 81 600;
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, ST.
000, and the Illinois Central. $1,000. that
the committee felt all right again. Cables
action is, of course, the talk of everybody
connected with the reception affair.
Mr.. Cable it seems, had been one of
the first subscribers to the fund He had
previously subscribed 81, 000, with one of
the members of the committee who was
not present with the second batch of
callers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07
kllRAlN IN ENGLAND.

He "Bests" Mitchell in Sparring Contest
and Makes Favorable Impression.
LONDON, Oct 7--The intense interest in
the coming prize fight between Smith and
kiirain, especially the extent of the curiosity
to see the American slugger, was shown
Thursday night when 5, eco persons crowded
themselves into St James hall to witness the
sparring contest between kilrain and Mitch
ell kilrain was cordially received by
the crowd when introduced. Jem Smith
was present and eagerly scanned the
Americans points as he appeared in fighting
costume in readiness for the business of the
evening. To the surprise of the jority of
thespectators who had manifestly moderated
Kilrain's abilities, the American forced the
fighting in every round and i'll the wind-up
brought Mitchell to his knees
The utmost good humor prevailed through
out, and the crowd was well pleased at the
exhibition of scientific sparring and evident
ability to do hard hitting displayed by the
American pugiist, and it was conceded on
all sides that he had given a better en-
tertainment and finer display of sci
ence than Smith has yet shown in
his nj ghty set-tos in the Aquarium. Never
theless, the betting is two to one that Smith
will win, his enormous muscular strength
carrying the odds with it, After the exhii-
tion kIlrain's dressing room was crowded
with American and English reporters and a
large number of leading sporting men. Kill
rains gentlemanly appearance ami manners
were complete surprise to all who met him
for the first time, and have told very much
in his favor
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07

CHICAGO, Oct THE possibility men
toned in these dispatches some days since has
become a fact, and the Chicago base ball club
has dropped another notch aud now occupies
third place, Philadelphia, which has been
rather too close for comfort to Arson, having
gone to secord The percentages at the Close
of Thursdays play were: Detroit, d42;
Philadelphia, 607; Chicago 5g2 The scores
in the league Thursday were: At Washing
ton City-Boston d, Washington 4; at New
York Philadelphia 8, New York s; at Iudi-
anapolis-Detroit :, indianapolis 6; at Pitts
burg-tirst gamel Pittsburg H. Chicago 3.
second gamel Pittsburg 9, Chicago !
American association: At Brooklyn
Brooklyn 5, Metropolitan g. at Philadelphi.
Athletic /, Baltimore O; at at ST Louis
first gsme) Louisville II, st LoGjS 10; tsec.
ond game st. Louis II. Louisville 5
Northwestern league: At Milwaukee
Milwaukee 4, Duluth /; at Minneapolis-
Minneapolis Is Lacrosse 9; at st Paul-St
Paul 7, Oshkosh 6; at Des Molnes-Des
Moines 9 EauClaire 8
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07

tiing down 10 hitter, malignant, and sens.less
ai,is. of all that is doneor attempted Ia he done,
evenly the Incumbent elected The acts of an
administration should not he approved as mat
ter OF course and for better reason than that
it represents a political party.
But more unpaIriotic than all others are those
who having neither excuse criticism TO Justify
their conduct, rail because of personal disap-
pointment who misrepresent for sensational
purposes, and who profess to see swift destrfc
ton in the rejection OF their plan of government
management
After all, we have no fear that the American
people will permit this high office of president to
suffer There is a patriotic sentiment abroad
which, in the midst fall party feeling and all
party disappointment, will arrest itself and will
insist that the Office which stands for the PEG
Pies will shall in all its vigor, minister to thriI
prosperity and welfare
Among those who responded to toasts was
Postmaster General Villas, the toast being
1.-THE State of Wisconsin" The speech max
ing was prolonged till the small hours. the
banquet being probably the most pronounced
success in its way ever scored by the hospita
BILE entertainers OF this beautiful city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07

THE British admiralty have Just
launched warship which beats the rec
ord-cosung 81, 800, 900. The two en-
gines operating the prnPelling screws
have IL 600 horse power. and that part
of the machinery weighs ,C'30 tons She
carries thirty seven guns, Including four
139>inch breech leaders of sixty>seven
tons weight each. and taking a powder
charge of $50 pounds. L; is said to be the
most powerful warship af1oat, and the
cost is guarantee that there will not be
many repetiiioDs in England or imits-
tons by other nations.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-07

SANTA FE, N. NJ, Oct. 7-Surveyors for
the Rock island extension have been at work
for some time running IA line through the
mountains southeast from Trinidad, and ad-
vices reached here Thursday that this route
from Trinidad through the Taoe7 valley has
been adopted for their Pacific coast line 1t
leads west through the San Juan valley,
thence across southern Utah and the Sierra
Nevada range, entering California near Tu-
lare lake in the San Joaquin valley. 1t is
claimed that when finished the Rock Island
will have the shortest trans continental line
by more than 200 miles From Taoes valley
a southern extension is designed through this
city, and south along the RIO Grunde valley
to the Mexican border